The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket!-Chapter 1046 - 880, Wait and See

Not long after the grain store opened, Four Seasons Pharmacy was also almost ready. Daohua knew there was a shortage of medicine here, so she brought several carts with her. Later, she had Xiaoliu bring another twenty carts, temporarily sufficient to supply both pharmacies.

The military medical center had been built, so Doctor Ge no longer held free medical consultations with the Medical Disciples near the city gates. On the day Four Seasons Pharmacy opened, Gu Jian also put up a sign for free consultations for one person at the entrance.

No sooner had the sign been put up than a dragon-shaped long queue formed outside the pharmacy.

When in Beijing, the Medical Disciples Doctor Ge had were found by Xiao Yeyang, and they focused on military medicine.

The Medical Disciples Gu Jian had were all chosen by Daohua from the countryside, learning to treat common ailments like headaches and fevers.

All the Medical Disciples Doctor Ge had obviously went to the military medical center. As for Gu Jian’s side, apart from those on the medicine production line, there were ten left, which were evenly distributed between the two shops.

Even though the shop had hired two doctors and had five Medical Disciples, with Gu Jian overseeing operations, they were still overwhelmed by the sudden influx of people.

Seeing that there were just too many people, Daohua thought for a moment and had Mei Lan add a line to the sign, stating they would only see a hundred patients for free each day.

However, for those who had already queued up today waiting to be seen, it was not right to send them away. Daohua could only send someone to stand at the end of the line to prevent new arrivals from joining the queue.

She also entered the pharmacy, stood behind the medicine cabinet, and helped dispense medicines.

"Ma’am, consultations are free, but dispensing medicine costs money. Look at the long queue outside; if it were all free, the pharmacy probably couldn’t open tomorrow."

A woman thought that dispensing medicine was free, and Daohua patiently explained that this was not the case.

Upon hearing that dispensing medicine would cost money, the woman anxiously said, "But I don’t have any money."

Daohua noticed that many people in line were looking this way and continued to explain, "Ma’am, why don’t you go back and discuss it with your family? Our pharmacy’s medicinal herbs are already sold very cheaply. I looked at your prescription; you need five doses, which come to twenty wen."

The woman shook her head: "My family can’t come up with twenty wen."

Hearing this, Daohua had nothing more to say. She knew what the woman was trying to do—perhaps her family really had no money, or maybe she just wanted to take advantage. Daohua would not waive the fee for her medicine. freewebnøvel.com

If she started doing that, there would be endless people coming up with all kinds of reasons for her to dispense their medicine for free.

Seeing that Daohua would not relent, the woman hesitated for a moment and finally left, head lowered, holding her prescription.

Daohua didn’t say much more, withdrew her gaze, and looked at the next person to dispense medicine. She took the prescription and swiftly prepared the medicine: "Next!"

Others also claimed to have no money for medicine, and Daohua did not soften towards these requests. She was willing to help the local people within her means, but she was not going to encourage their mentality of taking advantage simply because of poverty as if it were their right.

After being busy for five or six days straight, the doctors, Medical Disciples, and assistants finally started to become proficient.

Daohua, concerned that Gu Jian was overworking himself, suggested that he only treat serious cases.

Possibly because the number of consultations in recent days was too high, Gu Jian also felt that his old bones were struggling to keep up, and so he nodded in agreement to Daohua’s suggestion.

Seeing that the pharmacy could operate independently, Daohua then turned her attention to the upcoming spring farming preparations.

The barren hill was just across from Qingyang Ranch, so Daohua took the chance to check on the situation at the ranch.

Cao Chuan was still very reliable in handling things. The ranch’s sign had been changed to ’Qingyang Ranch,’ and all repairs that were needed had been made. Over twenty shepherd dogs had been purchased and the assistants were training them.

"Miss, the calves and lambs have already been arranged," someone reported.

Daohua nodded, "Is there anyone nearby raising camels?"

The roads in Xiliang were tough to travel, and the rate of horse carriage breakdowns was particularly high. Here, transportation mostly depended on camels.

Cao Chuan responded, "Yes."

Daohua instructed, "Then we shall also buy a hundred young camels to raise."

Cao Chuan nodded and noted, "I’ll go and arrange it right away."

Daohua asked, "Where did you plant the pasture grass? Has it sprouted yet?"

Speaking of the pasture grass, Cao Chuan immediately smiled, "I thought that the area along the Dan River might have more water, so I planted the pasture grass there."

"The grass has already started to sprout and is growing nicely. By the end of February, we should be able to bring back the calves and lambs for rearing."